Raytheon Awarded $1.04 Billion Letter Contract for Cobra Judy Replacement Program

		RAYTHEON COBRA JUDY REPLACEMENT SHIP Under a $1.04 billion letter contract, Raytheon will begin work to replace the existing shipboard Cobra Judy surveillance and data collection radar system that supports U.S. treaty monitoring activities. The new system will employ a dual-band radar suite consisting of X-band and S-band active phased array sensors and other related mission equipment. The Raytheon-led team will design, fabricate, integrate and test the dual band radar suite and provide engineering and management support for procurement of the Cobra Judy replacement ship. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] TEWKSBURY, MA USA

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $1.04 billion letter contract for the Cobra Judy Replacement (CJR) Mission Equipment program. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031218/NETH021 ) Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems will replace the existing Cobra Judy -- an integrated, computer-driven surveillance and data collection radar system that supports U.S. treaty monitoring activities -- with a dual-band radar suite consisting of X-band and S-band active phased array sensors and other related mission equipment. The final price and terms of the contract will be negotiated within the next 180 days. "Raytheon will combine our unique knowledge and experience of the Cobra Judy mission with our proven expertise in mission systems integration to achieve customer success on this vital national program," said Dan Smith, president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "As the U.S. Navy's Cobra Judy Replacement mission integrator, we are committed to providing innovative, customer-driven solutions that meet the transformational requirements of today's Navy." Raytheon will leverage existing technology from its open architecture- based family of radars, which includes the DD(X) dual-band radar, the sea- based High-Power Discrimination radar, and the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense radar. The CJR team will replace the existing Cobra Judy and USNS Observation Island, fielded by Raytheon in the early 1980s, to provide the strategic community, the Missile Defense Agency, and related communities with a long- loiter, foreign ballistic missile data collection capability in support of international treaty verification. The Raytheon-led team will design, fabricate, integrate and test the dual band radar suite and provide engineering and management support for procurement of the CJR ship. As the principal teammate, Northrop Grumman Corporation is responsible for the design, fabrication, integration and test of the S-band array antenna for the CJR Mission Equipment suite. Work on the CJR mission equipment will be performed at Raytheon facilities in New England and San Diego, Calif., and at Northrop Grumman facilities in Baltimore, Md. Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in mission systems integration. With a strong international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Armed Forces, Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated air and missile defense and naval and maritime warfighting solutions. Raytheon Company, with 2002 sales of $16.8 billion, is an industry leader in defense, government and commercial electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs more than 76,000 people worldwide. Contact Steve Brecken 978.858.5246